[3] Nine year old Arnold and his older brother Eugie set out to pick peas and potentially shoot ducks.
In a state of shock, Arnold decides to continue picking peas for the next hour before returning home to his parents and sister.
Despite feeling uncomfortable, Arnold remains in the room while his neighbors visit and listens to them tell stories about Eugie.
Later that night Arnold runs to his parents room with the intention of telling his mother how horrified he felt kneeling beside Eugie's dead body.
The following morning at breakfast, Arnold's sister refuses to hand him a jug of milk before his father passes it to him.